i don't know if i have hyperventilation syndrome panic attacks or what

[helpme345]

i don't know if i have hyperventilation syndrome panic attacks or what. what i do know is fibromyalgia, costochondritis, depression. sciatica, scoliosis of spine, degenerative disc disease, i awoke with excruciating rib pain and breathing difficulties to the er x 5 couldn't find anything wrong, stated it is your fibromyalgia or constochondritis. when i wen t to my dr he upped my wellbutrin to 300 i was on 150, new antidepressant serequel 50 before bed, vicodan 500 for pain and klonopan 0.5 for breathing difficulties i still have. i have them at rest, when i wake up, when active, this is new for me it has never happened before, i was on tramadol 50 and benadryl 50 but they were stopped and now i am on the above regimen for now. i don't know what is wrong and i don't think by dr does

[helpme345]

hi i have fibromyalgia costochondritis sciatica pain from my neck down. last month i woke up with excruciating rib pain and difficulty breathing. my heart went into tachycardia, i can't catch my breath i panicing. the dr placed me on serequel 50 he upped it today to 100 this is an antidepressant he stated which can help with my pain and he upped my wellbutrin to 300 mg. i am also on vicodan 500 and klonopin 0.5 for the panic attack or hyperventilation syndrome he stated due to my pain and perhaps anxiety. i stated i am afraid i will become addicted to these meds he stated no, you need them take them. there isn't much you can do for panic attacks i guess maybe they willl never go away. the panic attacks came on suddenly i never had them before. i also take carafate and prevacid for my stomach protection and vytorin 10 for choleseraol. they took the chest xrays o2 saturation blood work all normal i was on anitriptyline long time ago but i gained alot of weight from it i got off of it ihope i won't gain weight with these meds thank you for responding i wish i understood why i am having these difficulty breathing epidodes i am tryng now diaphram breathing etc. which is breathing from my abdomen and not chest muscles slowly the pain in my ribs comes and goes and all my pain from my neck down including my ribs which became excruciating and set off the difficulty breathing i was in the er 5 x all normal tests i am trusting my dr and will be on my meds but i wish these attacks would be gone i don't like meds at all thank you for responding

[Fuzzz]

What do you mean by breathing difficulties?  You said pain, but is it pain from expanding your ribcage?  Does it hurt less if you breathe slowly, pressing down your diaphragm and having the expansion happen as low as possible?  Or where is the pain?  Are you have problems fully exhaling?  Did they check your O2 saturation to see if you were getting enough oxygen?  

I've known people who had costochondritis, and they described it as just awful, and it didn't stay in one place, but moved around their ribcage.  So as a lay person, my first suspicion would be that it was the costochondritis.  Then again, you have a lot of health problems also going on.  But I know the older antidepressants I've been on were very effective for certain kinds and levels of pain, and I assume the ones they have you on offer pain relief too.  All I'm on now is a low dose of amitriptyline, and it helps me with both pain and my tendency to hyperventilate just a bit, but I can tell it's working for that immediately.